The Synchrony Study: Examining Music Training for Children With FASD

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine if music training improves behavioral or cognitive performance in children with prenatal alcohol exposure who meet research criteria for a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does music training improve behavioral regulation for children with an FASD * Does music training improve cognitive performance (attention and working memory) for children with an FASD. The study has two interventions for each participant: music listening and piano training. Each participant will either practice piano daily for 12 weeks or listen to pre-selected music daily for 12 weeks. The order of the interventions will be randomized across participants. Assessment will occur before and after participation in each 12 week intervention.

Conditions

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

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Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine if music training improves behavioral or cognitive performance in children with prenatal alcohol exposure who meet research criteria for a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does music training improve behavioral regulation for children with an FASD * Does music training improve cognitive performance (attention and working memory) for children with an FASD. The study has two interventions for each participant: music listening and piano training. Each participant will either practice piano daily for 12 weeks or listen to pre-selected music daily for 12 weeks. The order of the interventions will be randomized across participants. Assessment will occur before and after participation in each 12 week intervention.

The Synchrony Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Music Training for Children With a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

The Synchrony Study: Examining Music Training for Children With FASD

Condition
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Albuquerque

The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87106

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Children must receive a research designation of FASD
  • * Children must have confirmed prenatal alcohol exposure
  • * Children with other confirmed developmental disorders that are not deemed associated with FASD (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, Down Syndrome). Children with attention deficits (e.g. ADHD) are not excluded.
  • * Children with neurological disorders (epilepsy, cerebral palsy, etc.)
  • * Children who have experienced a traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness \>10 minutes
  • * Children with intelligence quotient scores \<70
  • * Children who are, or become, a ward of the state; however children with a legal representative who can consent on their behalf will not be excluded
  • * Children with ongoing music training outside of school or \>1 year of prior private music lessons.

Ages Eligible for Study

8 Years to 16 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

The Mind Research Network,

Study Record Dates

2028-09